I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it. Why, you are not ready for it now,

For who sees anything special in you? And what have you got that you have not been given? But if it has been given you, why do you boast as though it had not been?

This is why I have sent Timothy to you. He is a dear child of mine, in the service of the Lord, and one on whom you can depend, and he will help you to keep in mind my methods in the service of Christ Jesus, which I follow everywhere in every church.

Having lawsuits with one another at all means your utter failure, to begin with. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be robbed?

What pay then do I get? Why, that in my preaching I can offer the good news without cost, and so not take full advantage of my rights as a preacher.

his scruples, I say, not yours. For why should my liberty of action be limited by another's scruples?

If I give thanks for what I eat, why should I be denounced for eating what I give thanks over?

That is why she ought to wear upon her head something to symbolize her subjection, out of respect to the angels, if to nobody else.

This is why many of you are sick and ill and a number have fallen asleep.

Otherwise, what do people mean by having themselves baptized on behalf of their dead? If the dead do not rise at all, why do they have themselves baptized on their behalf?

Why do we ourselves run such risks every hour?

The sun has one kind of beauty, and the moon another, and the stars another; why, one star differs from another in beauty.